BREAKING:'No sign of life' detected at crash site of helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, others, Iran state TV says apnews.com/article/iran-p…

STARTING NOW on This Week with Martha Raddatz:
✅ Senator Chris Van Hollen
✅ Victoria Nuland
✅ Marc Lotter
✅ Pierre Thomas & Jodi Kantor
✅ James Longman
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“While a time-honored adage of American politics has held that partisanship ends at the water’s edge, Ms. Stefanik’s remarks may help strengthen her bona fides with (Trump) by paying little mind to the principle and decorum behind that unwritten rule.”

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Tonight, the Freedom Center prints the Chicago Tribune for the last time.

The plant prints almost every paper in Chicago — Sun Times, NYT & more. It’s closing to make way for a casino. Most workers opted to not move to the Trib’s new Schaumburg plant & will lose their jobs.🧵:

Just finished reading Sindya Bhanoo collection of short stories “Seeking Fortunes Elsewhere.”

Cannot gush about it enough. One of the best pieces of South Asian fiction I’ve read this year. Beautifully written bittersweet stories. And I had SO many feels while reading!

SUNDAY ROUNDTABLE: Donna Brazile, Sarah Isgur, Asma Khalid & David Sanger join Martha Raddatz to discuss all the week’s politics. Only on This Week
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Nippon Steel is pressing ahead with a charm offensive to try and seal its purchase of the iconic U.S. Steel. The union is unswayed and Biden’s opposition looms large.

Via James Attwood , Jennifer Jacobs and me:

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This is wild. And disturbing.

:( The last pandas at any US zoo are expected to leave Atlanta for China this fall apnews.com/article/pandas…

SUNDAY on This Week w/ Martha Raddatz
✅ Senator Chris Van Hollen
✅ Victoria Nuland
✅ Marc Lotter
✅ Pierre Thomas & Jodi Kantor
✅ James Longman
AND Donna Brazile, Sarah Isgur, Asma Khalid & David Sanger join the roundtable
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I complain about DC life on the regular (my gripes are valid!) … but THEN, I discover this ice cream shop is opening in town, and suddenly I’m like - DC is amazing!!

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Breaking News: Israel recovered the bodies of three hostages who had been taken captive during the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks on Israel. The dead hostages had been abducted from the Tribe of Nova trance music festival. nyti.ms/3V4PAC0

'I've seen combat in war zones...this is nothing like this...I've done more amputations & seen more traumatic amputations of children than I've seen during my entire career in the last 2 weeks.' Dr. Adam Hamawy, fmr trauma surgeon who served in Iraq, on the conditions in Gaza

Good morning!

Today on Up First Morning Edition - my alarm went off on air. (Truly, the stuff of radio nightmares!)

You’ll hear me awkwardly scramble to try to turn it off. The joys of live radio! 📻